Russian Timber Journal 08-2019: Russian economy slows down; Rosleskhoz published data on timber harvesting by regions; The Far East is cutting log exports at a record pace

Russian Timber Journal 08-2019: In the 1 H 2019, the growth rate of the Russian economy slowed down; for 5 months 2019, the European Union reduced the volume of wood pellet imports; Rosleskhoz published data on timber harvesting by regions of the Russian Federation; statistics on exports and imports of Russian forest products in 1 H 2019; The Far East is cutting log exports at a record pace.

Featured Article:
– From raw materials to value-added wood processing: how the forest industry of the Far East will develop
– Exports and imports of forest products in 1 H 2019

Global Timber Markets News:
– China to levy tariffs on US wood products
– German wood industry reports negative sales for the 1H 2019
– Six pellet plants are planned to be put into operation in Belarus in 1 H 2020
– Södra makes price adjustments for roundwood

Russian News:
– The Government increased export duties on unprocessed soft timber of Far Eastern species
– The statistical area of forest plots in Russia has decreased by 124 million hectares after correcting statistical data with the adoption of the law on eliminating contradictions in state registers
– Plitwood (Vokhtoga, Vologda Region) started designing a new large-format birch plywood plant
– In August 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Trade conducted a field inspection of the implementation of priority investment projects (PIPs) in the forest sector in Sverdlovsk Region
– Kaduysky Plywood Mill (Vologda Region) burned down on August 5, 2019
– Tyumensky LPK to implement an investment project for the construction of a plywood factory in the village of Uvat
– Segezha Group will purchase two splicing lines for the production of wood structural beams and wall beams at Sokolsky DOK
– Freight One transported 593,000 tons of paper in the 7 months of 2019
– Ilim Group increased product transportation by Freight One’s railcars by 8%
– A wood pellet heat source to be built in Ust-Kut (Irkutsk Region) in 2020
– A new Kahl press installed at ULK Group’s wood pellet plant

 
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